2012 SFB vs 2012 Nordica Soul Rider?

Dr.Brown

Dr.Brown

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I'll probably go with the Soul Rider, hearing all the good things about it.How does it compare to the SFB? Or should I just go w/ SFB.
 
Ok first off I'd like to say that nordica is a legit company. Second I haven't ridden that ski but I have a good friend who has demoed it at SIA. Third, I have never put any wiener in or near my mouth ever. Ok now that we have that out of the way, I get it. Someone who doesn't know any better may think that these two skis are comparable. Nordica does market it that way. The fact is that they are not. The soul rider would be closer to the line blends but still IMO doesn't compare. First, the name "soul rider" is like level 20 metrosexual. Second, it's semi directional. It may be a twin tip and "capable" of riding switch but it's designed to ride forward. Third it's based on one directional turning radius where the bacons are based on three dual directionals. The bacons are a different ski altogether and to someone who is looking to make the whole mountain their park, it's no contest. The name "Sir Francis Bacon" is tongue in cheek to those with half a brain. Sir Francis Bacon was the godfather of the scientific method. By using this name, line and pollard are both trying to tell you that they have used the scientific method to develop the best possible ski through trial and error. There is quite a bit of truth to this analogy to anyone who has been following the development of this ski since it's inception. So I apologize for calling you a troll. Perhaps the first response of noob was more appropriate? Again if you are going to compare the "soul rider" to another line ski I would suggest the blends. The bacons are a whole other bear and would stomp circles around the soul rider any day of the week.
 
That's a very interesting take on the name! I always thought that they named the skis after Sir Francis Bacon because he was a renaissance man, someone with many different skill sets. He was a philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer and an author. So he was very good at many different things, just like the skis.
 
That too though. I didn't want to get too deep. Haha. But yeah. Plus hello? Bacon. Who doesn't love bacon? Well I guess Muslims but they'd live it if they could taste it I'm sure.
 
HAHA

These last few posts have been very entertaining. Plus my quiver arrived today! Chronics and Bacons.....oh yes I did.
 
Mine was cryptos and opus this spring but after hearing how sick the bacons are I had to get em. I rode my last years bacons for park/slackcountry anyway. And this year they're narrowed with sidecut? Pure ripper!
 
It really isn't his fault. Nordica does market that ski against the bacons when it should be marketed against the blends. At first I thought he was just a line hater trollin but I can see why he would think that now. It's wrong. But I can see why.
 
Check out the Patron. it's more similar to the Bacon than the soul rider. The Soul Rider is about 10mm narrower. Nordica is awesome!!
 
Yeah and like I said originally, nordica is a legit company and my buddy rode the soul rider and said it skis great but it feels like a traditional ski even though it's a twin tip. I gotta believe that's because it was designed as a directional ski. Nothing wrong with that at all if you don't ride switch. I'm sure the thing rips tree runs. But to me it's just not that "jack of all trades" like the bacons. Nordica makes good product and they're a real cool company. At least they were back in the day. One of their guys hooked me with a pair of boots when I was competing moguls. Without being an official sponsor and asking nothing in return other than I guess hoping I'd start wearing their boots, that's pretty damn cool. I still have those boots...haha. Don't wear em but I have em. So yeah I wasn't badmouthing nordica. I think the name soul rider def sounds like a chick ski but that's open to interpretation. Could jus be the constant bombardment of advertisements for the movie soul surfer over the last year though. Haha.
 
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